On my trip through Rioja, amongst rolling hills and endless sunshine, I drank a lot of reds. Rioja is best known for its robust tempranillo, and of those there are plenty. While sitting down for a tasting at Bodegas Ondarre with the smell of fresh oak barrels permeating the air, I was utterly transfixed with this outstanding bottle of white. Picked from rare white tempranillo vines (or, tempranillo blanco as it's called locally), this small batch wine goes to fermentation and ageing in both French and American oak barrels. What does that all mean? A wine that is both delicately nuanced with white florals, green apple and sandalwood; while packing a full-bodied, vanilla soaked punch. This is one wine I will never forget, and I'm sure you won't either.